Grab your yarn and. meet the sweetest little penguin you can create with your own hands. This Crochet Penguin Amigurumi Ornament is not just cute but also the perfect size for a cozy palm-hug or to hang up as a petite decoration. It's crafted with grey, black, white, orange, and a dash of pink yarn, using easy stitches that even newbies can latch onto quickly.
Its an irresistible, fluffy-looking penguin with safety eyes that sparkle with life. This penguin's pattern is a breeze - it's a mix of single and double crochets, increases, decreases, and a couple of delightful popcorn stitches for that extra oomph. Perfect for gifting or keeping unique handmade decor to yourself, this crochet amigurumi project is one to enjoy every step of the way.
Crochet Penguin Amigurumi Ornament Pattern
Tools & Materials:
- Yarn: Grey, black, white, orange, and pink
- 2.00 mm crochet hook
- Scissors
- Needle
- 6 mm safety eyes
- Poly-Fiber fill
- Tweezers
Abbreviations:
- sc: Single Crochet
- inc: Increase (2 sc in the same stitch)
- dec: Decrease (sc 2 together)
- dc: Double Crochet
- pc: Popcorn (5 dc in one stitch, drop the loop from your hook, insert your hook from front to back under the top 2 loops of the first double crochet of the group, grab the dropped loop with your hook and pull it through the stitch)
- flo: Front Loop Only
Body:
- Round 1: In a magic ring, sc 6 [6 sts]
- Tighten the ring. Put the marker yarn.
- Round 2: Inc x 6 [12 sts]
- Round 3: (sc 1, inc) x 6 [18 sts]
- Round 4: (sc 2, inc) x 6 [24 sts]
- Round 5: sc 7... (Instructions for changing colors follow)
- Start the 8th stitch as usual, but don’t pull the final loop through.
- Wrap the orange color around your hook and pull through the two loops of the old color to finish the stitch.
- ...1 popcorn stitch with orange yarn and change color, sc 6 with grey yarn...
- Cut the orange yarn.
- ...1 popcorn stitch with orange yarn and change color, sc 8 with grey yarn...
- Tie a knot so that the stitches don't unravel and cut the yarn.
- Round 6: sc 8, sc in 3rd dc on the popcorn, sc 6, sc in 3rd dc on the popcorn, sc 8 [24 sts]
- Round 7: sc in each stitch around [24 sts]
- Round 8: sc 6, 1 popcorn stitch, sc 10, 1 popcorn stitch, sc 6 [24 sts]
- Round 9: sc 6, sc in 3rd dc on popcorn, sc 10, sc in 3rd dc on popcorn, sc 6 [24 sts]
- Round 10: (sc 1, dec) x 8 [16 sts]
- Change to black color before the 11th round.
- Round 11: Flo (sc 1, inc) x 3 in black yarn, Flo (sc 1, inc) x 2 in white yarn, Flo (sc 1, inc) x 3 in black yarn [24 sts]
- Round 12: (sc 1, inc) x 4 in black yarn, (sc 1, inc) x 4 in white yarn, (sc 1, inc) x 4 in black yarn [36 sts]
- Rounds 13-15: sc 12 in black yarn, sc 12 in white yarn, sc 12 in black yarn [36 sts] (Repeat this pattern for 3 rounds)
- Round 16: sc 13 in black yarn, sc 10 in white yarn, sc 13 in black yarn [36 sts]
- Round 17: sc 14 in black yarn, sc 3 in white yarn, sc 2 in black yarn, sc 3 in white yarn, sc 14 in black yarn [36 sts]
- Round 18: sc 36 in black yarn [36 sts]
- Cut the white yarn and tie a knot.
- Round 19: (sc 4, dec) x 6 [30 sts]
- Place safety eyes between the 14th and 15th rows, using stitches 15-16 and 22-23 for positioning.
- Round 20: (sc 3, dec) x 6 [24 sts]
- Begin stuffing the body with Poly-Fiber.
- Round 21: (sc 2, dec) x 6 [18 sts]
- Round 22: (sc 1, dec) x 6 [12 sts]
- Continue stuffing with Poly-Fiber.
- Round 23: Dec 6 [6 sts]
- Take all the front loops to close the end, pull the yarn to tighten, and hide and cut the yarn.
Beak:
- Make a slip knot and chain 3; starting from the 2nd chain from the hook, (sc 1, inc) x 2 [6 sts]
- Sew the beak onto the penguin.
Cheeks:
- In a magic ring, sc 4, tighten the ring, and slip stitch to the first sc.
- Make another one and sew them onto the penguin.
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